Squared Away: A Doonesbury Book (Volume 34)

Squared Away: A Doonesbury Book (Volume 34)

What a long, strange strip it's been!

Doonesbury has managed to be articulate, abrasive, political, compassionate, misunderstood, misprinted, and outrageousâ€”but one thing it's never been is complacent. Garry Trudeau's creation has chronicled American history and culture in a parallel universe. And through it all, Doonesbury has always been honest, entertaining, and way, way cool.

â€œIn a class by itself.â€
â€”Jules Feiffer on Doonesbury

This all-color volume celebrates the marriage of Alex and Toggle, an event which optimistically confirms that life, like Doonesbury, rolls on. Indeed, how remarkable that the strip has so embraced and occupied its era that three generations of one family have married within its panels. Gathering their kith and kin around them at Walden, the wise but wounded soldier-artist and the brilliant but insecure techhead make a promising team for the years ahead, well-rounded yet squared away.

Doonesburyâ€™s fifth decade finds the largest rep company in the history of comic strips fully and widely engaged. Like so many flesh-and-blood fellow citizens, key characters now struggle with dramatic career change and job stress. And the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to reverberate through the lives of others, as the strip illuminates their experiences with an attentiveness unparalleled in popular culture. Amid the relentless unfolding of unexpected storylines, the stripâ€™s second and third generation characters increasingly take center stage, and the youngest regular, Sam, comes of ageâ€”literally in the blink of an eyeâ€”as the newlyweds prepare to welcome twins.

It never ends, and how lucky for readers. â€œMost comic strips run out of creative energy after their initial inspiration,â€ notes Garry Wills. â€œTrudeau has just kept improving, year after year.â€
Country USA
Brand Andrews McMeel Publishing
Manufacturer Andrews McMeel Publishing
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2013-11-05
UnitCount 1
UPCs 050837307537
EANs 9781449430580

Country	USA
Brand	Andrews McMeel Publishing
Manufacturer	Andrews McMeel Publishing
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2013-11-05
UnitCount	1
UPCs	050837307537
EANs	9781449430580

Squared Away: A Doonesbury Book (Volume 34)

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